Results are drawn randomly by our system from your list of entries, and will provide fair and objective winners. You can be confident that there is no bias as our system is built specifically for giveaways and sweepstakes.

Compliance

Agencies and brands are using our service because they want their draws to be seen as independent and unbiased. They also want to keep records of their draws for potential audit purposes. While you may use your own methods, our service guarantees that the results are sufficiently random for your purposes. Learn more.

In general, the auditors will verify that the draw occurred at the location and day/time specified in the competition's terms and conditions, and that it was performed in an unbiased manner with with each entrant having a fair and equal chance of winning.

If you registered an account with us when you held the draw, you will have a time stamped record of the draw showing the randomly selected winners and the entries from where the winners were drawn.

By using randomdraws.com, you are effectively using a third party system that is independent from you, the promoter of the competition.

If you prefer, entry data can be anonymized or truncated before uploading. For instance, upload only the row ID numbers or some other unique identifier which you can match with your records after the draw. This means that none of your private data will ever be uploaded or stored.

It is not mandatory to register an account with us in order to perform a draw. However, note that this will mean that you will not be able to access past draws. After you perform an anonymous draw, we will delete the draw details from our servers.

Entry data can be anonymized or truncated before uploading. For instance, upload only the row ID numbers or some other unique identifier which you can match with your records after the draw. This means that none of your private data will ever be uploaded or stored.

If you are concerned about privacy, or cannot upload confidential entrant details, we suggest you anonymize or truncate your data before uploading. For instance, upload only the row ID numbers or some other unique identifier which you can match with your records after the draw. This means that none of your private data will ever be uploaded or stored.

Alternatively, you may simply specify the number of entries to draw from instead of uploading a file. We'll draw row numbers for you to match against your list. It is your responsibility to provide an accurate number and to match the results to the correct entries.

The fee to perform a draw is the same regardless of how many entries or winners you require. The limits are: 20,000,000 entries, 10,000 winners, and a maximum file size of 100MB (if uploading entries).

You have 12 months, from the date of purchase, to use your credits. If you pre-purchase additional draws before the expiry date, any unused credits that you may have at that time will receive the same 12 month expiry as the additional credits (effectively extending the expiry date of the original credits).

If you have the eligible entries available on a spreadsheet or alike and you know how many prizes you are awarding, it may take you less than 2 minutes. The random draw wizard is really easy to use and there are only a few steps to go through.

Yes. You can set up your draw to be performed at a specified time and day in the future. We will automatically send you an email to confirm when the draw has occurred. There is no additional cost to schedule the draw.

Note that in cases where the draw require, or have the possibility of, entrants or auditors attending the draw, you should ensure that you are present at the draw location at the scheduled time and day.

txt, csv, or tsv. If you would like to use an Excel file, please save it as a CSV before uploading. The maximum file size is 100MB. Do not zip the file or password protect it.

Please represent the entries in rows. For example, 10 rows equals 10 entries (or 11 if you have a header row).

Please remove any blank rows.

Alternatively, you may also simply specify the number of entries you wish to draw from. We'll draw row numbers for you to match against your list. It is your responsibility to provide an accurate number and to match the results to the correct entries.

The header row is usually the first row in your file and may contain descriptions/headings (eg first name, last name, email, phone number) relating to the entries. We ask you whether your file contains this header row so that we can accurately identify the actual entry rows (entries)

You should generally allocate the major prize to the first winner and the minor ones after that, so that everyone has a chance to win the more valuable prize. The draw wizard will remind you to do so when you set up the draw.

Only upload duplicate entries if the terms and conditions of your competition allows for multiple entries and the same winner can win multiple times. If you want to prevent an entrant with multiple chances from winning more than once, we suggest you perform a separate draw for each winner.